Solutions that don’t break the bank, reinvent the wheel or marginalize our teachers are within our grasp. We could have rigorous classes, safe and disciplined schools and treat teachers like valued colleagues rather than easily replaceable cogs, and we could do so tomorrow if we wanted. Disclaimer, this is an opinion and commentary site and should not be confused as a news site. Also know that quite often people may disagree with the opinions posted.

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Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Florida Foundation continues to give Bush credit where no credit is due.

Jaryn Enholf the spokeswoman for Jeb bush’s foundation said,
"In Florida since the A+ Plan was passed and implemented in 1999, Florida
has reversed a generation of decline in education."The thing is where she might believe that
she cannot prove that.You see other
states that did not embrace Bush’s draconian accountability measures and
privatization agenda have also seen improvement. The truth is me saying his
reforms have held us back has as much validity as her saying they propelled us
forward. I also like how Bush and the foundation refuse to even mention the
citizen driven class size amendment and its effects, I mean haven’t our
supposed gains coincided with its passage?

Furthermore Bush never mentions how if we factor out poverty
then our international scores zoom to the top of the rankings. How is common
core addressing poverty? Will it make a hungry kid feel full, a scared kid feel
safe, make up their pre-school deficits or get parents who have been absent
involved? The answer is no and the truth is we don’t have a standards problem
we have a poverty problem. The problem with bush and his supporters is they
haven’t figured out how to make money off of mitigating poverty.

One final point, we should all find it both very interesting and
telling how all the parties that stand to make money off of common core have
lined up behind Bush to support it, while the parties that won’t make any
money, groups mostly composed of teachers and parents are opposing it.